Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition

Available
now5th October 2006

About a year ago, Nokia discovered a
trick - add some more memory and accessories into an
existing smartphone, stick the words "Music Edition"
on the end and change the colour of the phone.. and
it's like having a product release all over again. They
started with the Nokia
6630 Music Edition which warmed over a past-its-prime
phone, and this has continued recently with "Music
Editions" of the N70,
N73 and N91 handsets - again, the N70 Music Edition
giving a leg up to a rather tired old design.

So - this is handset has the rather
unwieldy title of "Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition",
and as before it's basically a slight upgrade to the
Nokia
5500 Sport, with 512Mb of memory bundled in the
pack and a carrying strap thing that allows you to strap
the Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition to yourself if you're
feeling energetic enough.

In fact, the Nokia 5500 Sport didn't
really need an upgrade - it's a neat little S60 smartphone
with a 2 megapixel camera, a high-density 208x208 pixel
display and all the neat features from the original
Nokia
5500 Sport. The 5500 is one of our favourite phones
from 2006, but this version doesn't really add too much
to what is already a very good handset. Still, if you're
in the market for buying a Nokia 5500, this version
will be worth hunting down.

Nokia say that the 5500 Sport Music
Edition is already available in certain outlets for
an unsubsidised price of €350.